Project Team
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.png "2 (2).png") Fern WicksonProfessor of Ocean Leadership at UiT She has specific expertise in the governance of socio-ecological and sociotechnical systems, as well as in practices of public engagement and knowledge coproduction. In this project , she will be mainly Exploring the interface between science, ethics and politics. Within this project, her primary focus will center on examining the intersection of science, ethics, and politics. Research interests: Sustainability, Transformative Change, Environmental Governance, Ecological Ethics |
 Ann Eileen LennertEnvironmental Anthropologist and Researcher at UiT She is dedicated to exploring human-nature interactions through interdisciplinary sciences, knowledge co-production, narrative cartography, visual storytelling, and art-based research. Throughout this project, she will spearhead co-creation workshops and nurture innovative spaces for creativity to flourish. Research interests: The beauty of human-nature interactions, co-creation and creative science |
 Margherita Paola PotoResearch Professor at UiT´s Faculty of Law She focuses her research and academic activities on internationally recognised research lines, transitioning from a unidisciplinary approach (law) to cross-disciplinary, co-created, and community-based research. Her contribution to this project will primarily relate to Ecological and Emotional Literacy, Ocean Governance, and the Decolonisation of Knowledge. Research interests: Climate Law, Indigenous Law, Emotional Literacy and Ocean Literacy |
Auður AðalsteinsdóttirResearch lecturer and director of the University of Iceland’s Research Centre in Þingeyjarsveit. Project partner Drawing on the premises of literary theory and aesthetics, Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir brings an Icelandic perspective to the EXTREMES research on the interplay of geology, biology, and aesthetics. The Research Centre’s task will be introducing and publishing information on the research, both in an academic context and to the general public, and both internationally and in its local setting in Iceland. Research interests: Ecocriticism, contemporary literature, ecofeminism, aesthetics
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.png "5 (2).png") Claudio ArgentinoMarine Geoscientist and Researcher at UiT In this project, his mission is to advance the research on extreme environments mainly using sedimentological and geochemical techniques, as well as passing on this specialized knowledge to a new generation of geoscientists. Research interests: Sediment biogeochemistry, pore fluid geochemistry, extreme environments |
 Ines Barrenechea AngelesMarine Geoscientist and Researcher at UiT In this project, she will characterize extreme environments by analyzing sediments and examining the organisms found there. Her main tools are environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques, which allow her to detect and identify organisms present in these environments, and microscopy. This combined approach will enable to better understand the diversity of life in extreme conditions. Research interests: eDNA, sedaDNA, foraminifera, deep-sea |
Mari Heggernes EilertsenResearcher at the Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Deep Sea Research, University of Bergen Her research focuses on the chemosynthesis-based ecosystems at hydrothermal vents, cold seeps and organic falls, and the unique animals living there. She leads the CBE Arctic research team, and her research includes describing new species, biogeography and genetic connectivity, evolutionary history and adaptation. Research interests: Extreme environments, chemosynthesis-based ecosystems, deep-sea fauna |
 Filip MaricAssistant Professor in Physiotherapy at UiT Filip's research focuses on the intersections of health, environment and society, in thinking with planetary health, sustainability, and the environmental humanities. In the Extremes project, he will contribute to exploring the relationship between extreme environments, health, ethics, and how philosophy and speculative methods might point to new scientific and political approaches to extreme environments. Research interests: Planetary Health, EcoHealth, One Health, sustainable healthcare, environmental physiotherapy |
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Marta Gentilucci
Fulvio FranchiAssociate Professor of Sedimentology at the University of Bari
He is a geologist focused on the sedimentological and geochemical characterisation of terrestrial extreme environments that can be used as analogues for planetary exploration. In this project, he presented the role of extreme environments on Earth to further our knowledge in the field of astrobiology. Of particular interest is the study of the active venting systems in the Arctic region as analogues of the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter.
Research interests: planetary field analogues, sedimentology, Mars, Enceladus
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Þorgerður ÓlafsdóttirVisual Artist based in Iceland In her work, Thorgerdur explores transitions or evidence of changes that things and places undergo, whether encompassing a single moment, a human lifetime, or existing on a geological scale. Her practice is an active engagement with the environment she travels through, where ideas of turning points and moments of wonder are in the forefront. Research interests: natural and cultural heritage, markers of the Anthropocene and ecofeminism.
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John Grzinich
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Valentina Lanci